The Times Cryptic December 16 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27849
Clues	Answers
A little exercise before Kitty gets up	press-up
Advice from "mother" for one wife and female	say when
Awfully poor mistake getting in the red	RUBBISHY
British ready for some loud shows of affection?	SMACKERS
Carriage lined at the front with gold	LANDAU
Cunningly multiplied by two a nice prime number	american pie
Decorated old men on opposite sides at Waterloo died	PAPERED
Foreign issue of public relations "bible" getting its approval?	PRAVDA
Foul initially seen as being over the top	SQUALID
Germ gets in badly preserved root	stem ginger
Hail not unusual in Scottish region	LOTHIAN
Horseman protecting lord repelled villain	RIDDLER
I left data lying around, moderately carelessly	negligently
Length of old Henry's skipping torment!	ELL
Marble game popular with a number of spectators	ruin agate
Might associated with underworld boss causing alarm	DISMAY
No point going back for old English preacher	BUNYAN
One spot on about force of old religious image	CRUCIFIX
Pastime that's welcome, occupying page in recent Times	PHILATELY
Pay individually __ split other half?	go dutch
Person calming down someone after match in Kent?	SEDATER
Planning part of Michaelmas term in Dingwall	MASTERMINDING
Pulling motion creating pain in the neck	DRAG
Revealing costume: nothing stops brother wearing one	MONOKINI
Rome's increasingly spoilt, at first, for choice of popes?	PIUS
Sock someone draped around queen's cocktail	planters punch
Spaniard possibly to pass on turn	DIEGO
Tavern has appeal, would you not agree?	INNIT
VAT reduction in train	TUB
Wild, noisy drummer, ultimately one for a band	rip-roaring
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1767
Clues	Answers
A chess defeat: game over for dilettante	AMATEUR
American guy expected to host duke	DUDE
Ancient doctor prophetic, as seen afresh	HIPPOCRATES
Astonished, inveighs against delivery vehicle	THUNDERSTRUCK
Beg little devil to get learning	IMPLORE
Biscuit that may be placed on computer	COOKIE
Correct height on masts, sails, etc	RIGHT
Disadvantage of ward, literally	DRAWBACK
Drink available from inside cafe	DECAF
Drunkard present, whether you like it or not	so there
Eighteen holes, then buy this at the nineteenth?	ROUND
Female guest left off roll in academy, first of all	GLORIA
Going back on decision to have transplant operation?	change of heart
Level of marsh quite unexceptional	bog standard
Make mistake with simple task	ERRAND
Nature god holding one old instrument to play	PIANO
Navy left in bases	FLEET
No longer referred to as enthusiastic	EXCITED
Nominal fine received by a number	TOKEN
Old-fashioned relative moves forward	passes on
Our cousins a nuisance, almost	APES
Poor dog, its appropriate part cut short	CURTAIL
Rows in church, so rude	COARSE
Spicy dishes converted to sugar	RAGOUTS